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Those are the first major strategic decisions on the water industry by the new Scottish Executive, in a new regulatory framework, and they will have a crucial impact on the success with which the industry meets a challenging future.
How would that concern by allayed by that new role for the Crown? According to the Executive, the Crown would not just be left as ultimate superior, but would have to be given a new role as a public guardian.